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Overpressure Blast Effects Analysis Burden Reducing Clarification

Agencies
Transportation Department, Federal Aviation Administration
Type
Proposed Rule
Published
Document number
2026-20392

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Summary

FAA proposes to amend its commercial space launch and reentry licensing regulations to streamline the licensing process and reduce regulatory burden for license applicants. Specifically, FAA proposes to amend the regulations to state that a far-field overpressure blast effects analysis required for license applicants does not need to account for members of the public in hypothetical locations.

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Democratic to Republican Leaning Republican, 66% confidence
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Authoritarian Libertarian Economic left Economic right Overpressure Blast Effects Analysis Burden Reducing Clarification (Leaning Republican)

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